Rambi. @rambiporkchop.bsky.social Indie game dev and pixel artist.
currently working on my Welsh RPG "You are a Failed Murderer"
A technical pixel artist and animator for Seed of Nostalgia (@primitivepixels.bsky.social)
(She/Her)
Pfp by @thelunar27.bsky.social
Alessandro @aleyalol.bsky.social Deep state programmer | Guitar player | I own a 2 basket air fryer
Emma Kidwell @emmakidwell.bsky.social Award-nominated writer | Currently @ Ruckus Games 💀| Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Civilization VII, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hindsight | Opinions my own | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. better profile coming soon.
Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | NOW: Kinali Works & Stupendium Softworks | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️ 💜🤍🖤💚 | she/her | annacwebster.com
Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social freelance game writer/narrative designer (OnlyCans, Endoparasitic/Endoparasitic 2, Star Trucker, Borderlands 4, a bunch of other stuff) open to new work!! ✨ #1 Ratatouille Fan ✨ she/her
my website has pictures of my dog: https://www.nessacannon.com/
J. Isaac Gadient (they/them) @jisaacgadient.bsky.social Game Writer–Narrative Designer 📗📕📘
README: http://jisaacgadient.com
🌐 🔗 https://linktr.ee/jisaacgadient
Joe Petrie @petriej.bsky.social 3D artist and general coffee enthusiast
Eloise Salt @weasel-es.bsky.social Games Student with an interest in UI/UX Design and maybe a cheeky wee bit of Production
a. g. radley @ag-radley.bsky.social
The Chinese Room @thechineseroom.co.uk Critically-acclaimed games studio in Brighton UK.
Creators of Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Still Wakes the Deep, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
Working on new unannounced projects. ✨
Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org Bringing the best indie games to Glasgow ⋆。°✩
. ݁₊⊹ July 11-12 2026 ⊹₊ ݁.
📍BAaD
https://glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/
@rachelparp.bsky.social @rachelparp.bsky.social
@cat1e.bsky.social @cat1e.bsky.social
La Crozzie - Honours Project Arc ⚙️ @lacrozzie.bsky.social mmmm la croix :) — 4th year digital 2D art student — SILENT NIGHT, HOLY KNIGHT, an environmental art project about steel skeleton, runaway machine, and graveyards of the empires of man.
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Aleksandr(Sasha) Shabalin @desiresash.bsky.social 21 he/him. 3rd year gdp student at Abertay. Part of Leviathan Games. КИРКОРОВ СПОЙ МНЕ ПЕСНЮ😩
lucy @gaiabound.bsky.social 25 // systems design intern
Cosmic Coda @cosmiccoda.bsky.social Game Development Team based in Dundee. Current Project: https://cosmic-coda.itch.io/eczt
Button Smashers Inc @buttonsmashersinc.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for Button Smashers Inc.
University based.
Play 'Final Render' now:
https://button-smashers.itch.io/final-render
ALT Studios @altgamestudio.bsky.social
@kelpiestudios.bsky.social @kelpiestudios.bsky.social
Odd Bottle Games @oddbottlegames.bsky.social Small Indie Company formed by 3rd Year Students at Abertay University
Play our game NOW!!!!! https://odd-bottle-games.itch.io/
Graphite Games @graphitegames.bsky.social Indie Game Studio based @ Abertay University, Dundee! 👾
Check out PEN & SWORD⚔️ our game in development:
https://graphite-games.itch.io/pen-and-sword
Overheat Studios @overheatgames.bsky.social Team of 7 developing 'Marmota Meadow'.
Based in Dundee.
Itch.IO Page - https://krs285.itch.io/marmota-meadow
Final Prism Interactive @final-prism.bsky.social A group of 8 students striving to creating a narrative stealth game together. Based in Dundee at Abertay University 🏴
Discover The Story @ https://final-prism-interactive.itch.io/still-forgotten
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/final_prism_interactive/
@biplostudio.bsky.social @biplostudio.bsky.social We are a small 3rd Year student team at Abertay University, developing games like Biplo Restoration Services
Check out our Itch! (Work in Progress): https://merple-merp.itch.io/brs
Leviathan Games @leviagames.bsky.social Team of 8 game dev students working on a eerie mystery game based on a true story
Try our game Ultima Thule ↓
Itch,io: https://leviagames.itch.io/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZulPQzASKUcpNTbtqw4g1g
Pirate Penguin Games @piratepenguingames.bsky.social Team of 7 working on the game "Slay 'n Sauté" for our university professional project. Fight monsters, then cook them into a delicious meal!
Riverboat Games ✨ @riverboatgames.bsky.social DARE Academy 2025 Winners! 🚀
Galactic Postal Servitude is an arcade puzzle game that combines humour and deduction in the realm of intergalactic post office operations.
https://riverboatgames.itch.io/
Sam Lock @samlock.bsky.social 33 He/Him Abertay Game Design and Production Graduate
Audio Designer for Spike Candy Games
https://soundcloud.com/sam-lock-game-dev
https://s-lock.itch.io/
Lucinda Shale 🔜 Develop Brighton @lucindagames.bsky.social Game Producer | IG50 Winner 2026 | Gamebridge Best Team Project Winner 2026 | DARE Academy Winner 2025 | DARE Audience Choice Award Winner 2025 | CATE Award Winner 2025 | Women in Games Ambassador
https://linktr.ee/lucindashale
Ry @loakers.bsky.social Personal account, Views are my own
BloodBox @bloodbox.bsky.social Hello, we are Team BloodBox ✨
Abertay University Game Devs ∣ Currently working on Mixed Signals!
https://teambloodbox.itch.io/mixed-signals
Brain Leak Studios @brainleakstudios.bsky.social A game development team based in Scotland
Something new, coming soon... 👀
Epoch Productions @epochproductions.bsky.social Indie game dev team from Abertay University! check out our itch.io: https://epochproductions.itch.io/the-klein-event
Goopling Games @gooplinggames.bsky.social Goopling Games is an 8-student indie game development team from Abertay University.
Currently working on Chronicles of Marten, a third-person adventure RPG!
https://snotling-studios.itch.io/
Iron Frog @ironfrogdev.bsky.social Iron Frog / Game Dev team / Working in Scotland
Currently working on Chrono Frog!
Roxo Hyrax @roxohyrax.bsky.social 🎉🌟Check Out Our Itch Page🎉🌟 https://roxo-hyrax.itch.io/damsels-gambit
Cosmic Cat @cosmiccat-official.bsky.social we didn't think about the username availability...
you can play our super cool super sweet super game here: https://09cosmic-cat.itch.io/built-to-quill
Splitscreen @splitscreendev.bsky.social Best devs this side of the Atlantic
Hecatoncheires Studios @hecatoncheiresgame.bsky.social A group of 8 fish students in Abertay who love fish and making games about fish.
Play The Sea Has Fishues! Out Now!: https://hecatoncheiresstudios.itch.io/the-sea-has-fishues
HareSoft @haresoft-315-25.bsky.social We're a student-formed game development team from Abertay University. We worked together to develop the demo for our game Excana!
Check out the project here! https://haresoft-315-25.itch.io/excana
Angelwire Interactive @angelwire.bsky.social student game dev team composed of 8 members!
currently working on 'KILLTIC' - a movement shooter
https://gazing-at-saturn.itch.io/killtic
Fafnir Games @fafnirgames.bsky.social We're humans, we think
Small gamedev team for DES-315 @ Abertay University
https://fafnir-games.itch.io/dragons-harbour
Bonny Bandits @bonnybanditsgames.bsky.social Student Team of 8 developing Synaptic: A Lynchian Narrative Driven FPS inside a Brain!
Dare Academy Finalists 2025 🎉
Available to play on itch: https://linktr.ee/bonnybandits?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Hellcat Games Dev. @hellcatgamesdev.bsky.social 🌟 3rd year team at Abertay University creating a game for our professional project!
🎙️ Developers of ‘Contrary Motion’ - a stylish puzzle beat 'em up!
Check it out here! https://hellcatgames.itch.io/contrary-motion
Spectral Cat Games @spectralcatgames.bsky.social Student formed Indie developers based in Dundee.
Check out our game: https://spectral-cat-dundee.itch.io/coffee-run
GlueTrap Games @gluetrapgames.bsky.social Get Stuck In! To our development process of JOHN:
linktr.ee/gluetrapgames
Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here: https://linktr.ee/caraellison
Jack King-Spooner @king-spooner.bsky.social Buy Mashina: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3395930/Mashina/
Buy Judero: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960900/Judero/
Buy Dujanah: https://store.steampowered.com/app/681240/Dujanah/
Other works: https://jackspinoza.itch.io/
Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite.net & @Respec.net. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Editor-at-large for Eurogamer/VG247.
Love: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games, RPGs, NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
Rob Madden @laffels.bsky.social Creative Director at Hyper Luminal Games | Curio Collector at Little Nook | Corgi Dad
https://www.hyperluminalgames.com
https://www.littlenook.com
Kewe @kewebit.bsky.social Chaos comes in many forms /ᐠ - ˕ -マ Ⳋ
Portfolio and socials:
https://kewebit.carrd.co/
Instagram - Kewebit
Cara - Kewe
Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games
EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage
www.sizefivegames.com
Anya Jo Elvidge @anyatheartist.bsky.social Freelance Environment Artist prev. Rare/Supercell/Epic Games/Media Molecule. #gamedev #gameart #illustration
Linktree; https://linktr.ee/anyatheartist
https://anyatheartist.com/
Abandoned place + overgrowth + sun = joy.
Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social Narrative Wrangler-Videogames, TV, theatre, and more. Narrative Director on Battlefield. Previous Horizon Forbidden West/CalloftheMountain- Prince of Persia - Fable. Views my own.
He/him. www.andrewwalsh.com
@mckafei.bsky.social @mckafei.bsky.social
Andrew Patterson @trashrats.bsky.social Glaswegian "game dev" working on a narrative adventure game "All That Lives"
Pete Shea @peteshea.bsky.social Veteran Game Designer Glasgow, Scotland
Alexander (Sandy) Tarvet @alexandertarvet.bsky.social Programme Lead & Lecturer for BA (Hons) Game Design and Production at Abertay University | Director at Somewhat Unsettling | He/Him | https://www.alexanderjamestarvet.com/
Hyper Luminal Games @hyperluminalgames.com We're a work-for-hire games studio based in Dundee, Scotland 🧡⛅️
For our original games check out our publisher @littlenook.com 💫
Charlie @ayperosia.bsky.social aka Rosia - 🏴 UI Designer in Games | ace 🏳️🌈 enby
Comms: vgen.co/ayperosia
Games & Assets: ayperosia.itch.io
I also do rigging and I love making wee comics about my OCs ✨️
Pfp by @valhelos.bsky.social & header by @sacherali.bsky.social
Connor Cloughley @connorcloughley.bsky.social Scottish | Jack of All Trades Freelancer | Production, Narrative, Marketing & Community and Voice Acting | Safe in Our World Ambassador | Stream/YouTube as AyeforScotland
1/5 of @thesecretsauce.uk
Gosia @iselinka.bsky.social She/her 🏴 Designer • Animator • Film enthusiast • Chaos and quiet 🌿🌲
Fallible Things @fallible.net Art and writing and other things. Do not worship technical artefacts. Edinburgh-based. She/her.
https://fallible.itch.io
https://blog.fallible.net
https://fallible.net
if you're after computer-me you're looking for @algebra.fallible.net
Very Evil Demons ✦ @veryevildemons.com Demons who are really, very, evil.
Independent worker-owned game studio based in Dundee, Scotland 😈
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Eliot @edogz.bsky.social Level Designer at Jagex || Prev Ubisoft || Abertay || He/Him
@EliotHynd
Andrew @mckissock.bsky.social He/Him | Game Writer and Narrative Designer | Writer: @FuseboxGames Previously: @Outfit7 | Solo projects: 'Saudade', 'The Attendant', 'Forgotten Film', and more | 🏴
Craig Pearson @craigpearson.bsky.social BFF to cats. From Glasgow, but in Dundee. Would like to be on a bike.
https://linktr.ee/itscraigpearson
Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social Thomas Welsh. Author of the Metiks Fade trilogy. Lead writer and narrative Director on Nivalis Nights, Best Served Cold, more. I wrote Cloudpunk.
Nonbinary. Likes finery. He/Him/She/Her
Michael Cameron @tiveran.bsky.social Design Manager at Hyper Luminal Games | Mentor at CG Spectrum | Previously Ant Workshop, Blazing Griffin, and Microsoft | He/him
https://linktr.ee/tiveran
nat. @natclayton.bsky.social girl who makes levels
zero company🔸 highland song 🔸 tron catalyst 🔸 unbeatable 🔸 ???🔸 she/they 🔸 avi by aurahack 🔸 vancouver edition
Georg Backer @georgbacker.bsky.social Co-founder Sad Owl Studios & Exec Producer “Viewfinder”. Founder A BRAVE PLAN: Narrative Design "Alba: a Wildlife Adventure", Game Director "The Bradwell Conspiracy". Ex-Lionhead. I also do Development & Cloud Tech Consulting. BAFTA Member.
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
BitBlackDev @bitblackdev.bsky.social Glasgow based Game Design Student and future weird prick on stage at a conference.
Lara Brown @larabrown.bsky.social 🚀🎮🌿☕
People & Ops in startups, tech, and creative industries.
Operations Director @kythera.ai
https://linktr.ee/laraeliz.brown
Bee 🦕 @beesaurus.bsky.social Associate Environment Artist @ Climax Studios Edinburgh 🎮 🎨
Loves dinosaurs 🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖
Abertay uni grad
Neurospicy ♾️ 🌈
Opinions are my own
Robin JS Sloan @robinjss.bsky.social Professor of Game Design & Culture, Abertay University | Own views & musings on being a : researcher👨🔬 maker 🎨 teacher 👨🏫 gamer 🧑💻 sports fan 🏉 Scot 🏴 dad 👨👧👦
Robin @melophilus.bsky.social Art, Games, Gifs and Pillow Forts.
Animator, Game Dev, Lecturer and Programme co-lead for Computer Arts @AbertayUni
Andrew Reid @ajreid93.bsky.social Applied Games Researcher & Lecturer in Games Production, @abertayuni.bsky.social.
Member, @royalsoced.bsky.social Young Academy of Scotland.
Mentor, @mcrpathways.bsky.social.
Views my own.
https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-reid/
Niels @bmateria.bsky.social Principal Environment Artist at Rockstar North. Views are my own.
Team Junkfish @teamjunkfish.com The indie game studio behind Monstrum, Attack of the Earthlings, Bootleg Steamer. Currently developing Wilderdark! 🦖
🔗 teamjunkfish.com
Scottish Games Network @scottishgames.bsky.social The only community dedicated to Scotland’s games ecosystem.
Harry Petch @harrypet.ch Abertay grad, Mechanics Designer based in 🏴.
BAFTA YGD Mentor, Games awards jury 2022. Outstanding TIGA Graduate.
https://harrypetch.itch.io for my games.
https://harrypet.ch for my portfolio.
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Martin Lynagh @martinlynagh.bsky.social Game Maker, Lecturer in Game Production at Abertay University (Professional Projects Module Lead). Glasgow. Former Molecule. This is not a place of honour.
Jaime ✨ @pxthella.bsky.social she/they | 🌜🌞🌾✨ | Freelance QA Tester | Games Design and Production Grad @ Abertay Uni 🏴 | Bafta YGD winner 2022 & DARE Academy runner up 2024 !!
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Röki) • BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 • BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee • 2 x BAFTA Juror • Industry speaker & mentor • He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Stuart Pentelow @stuartpentelow.bsky.social Programmer working in Scotland :)
MCV Develop 30u30 22 / BAFTA Connect. He/Him.
Dyspraxic, Opinions are my own.
www.stuartpentelow.com #gamedev
Lewis Docherty @wisd.itch.io 4th year game dev student.
I make sound effects 😎👍
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